to God in Worfhip. rated him or her from reft of the world to be neer unto 'God. This is the dignity that God hath put upon thee, char ho ti art feparated by his grace to be one neer to Hifill whereas ,,,ri-yczs of the world they depart from him, conrinu fly depart mote and more fromHim : but (I fay ) the Lord by biggr4ce bath fet thee apart for Himfelf asehe faith in (plat. 4. 3. The Lord bath fet apart him that is godly for hirnfelf Thou art feparared from the world, To what end ? It is,that thou thigh eft be titer toHitn, this is thy priviledg,, and thou fhouldeft account it thy great Honor( thou haft not that Honor and refpe± in the woad as others have, but thouart one ofGods feparateOneOtha, thou art cheer to lairn. A thirdScripture is in trfal- 33. 28 There you may fee how theProphet 'Daviddid highly diem of that great Honor that the Lord did put upon him in this,in beingneer toGod : But it is goodfor me to dram neer to god. Mark how he fpeales,Tut it ir godfor me:Why:(For loe,they that arefarfrom thee,pal thou hall defiroyed all them tikstgo a whoringfrom thee. As if he fhould fay, There are force, that did seem to be neer unto thee heretofore that were as the Wife to the Husband, but they are gone a w orin2 from thee, bate Hypocrites, bafe poftates, Th-ey u aregone a whong from thee, their hearts beteg carnal, theyikl nor find that Contentment and fatisfattion ici thy Woilh-Tpasihy Saints do, and therefore they are gone a [hie : but good for me to draw neer to thee. It is an excellent Scripture. Do you fee any yong ones, or o- thers that were very forward not many yeers ago, and would fpeakofgood things,and feem to rejoyce in the Word, but now they are gone a whoring, they are clepared from God and His Waies,and thepleafures ofthe tiefhhath takentheir ne..0,ts?Iboit wilt defiroy them(faithVasid) thatgoa whoring from thee. Sol thoufhouldeft think with thy felf : Oh miferabie is the condi--,, tion of thole whoonce were forward in the profeffionof glop and-now are gone 'a whoeinglrom God : 'Merit ;goods f't rah *an)? Veer,c0404,they are gPlie from-thee, od thou7re &limy tb'em;but tt isgoodfor me to dmrtrneer to thee; 1-blets tvy fell indrawing neer to thee,theLordsand blei the time that ever 1dt4, draw neer, to thee, and chat ,ever I knewChOfe wales where- E its 4
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